Panama Surf

Detailed Panama surf forecast maps and the latest eyeball surf report from local surfers in the region. Near-shore swell is shown on the map together with the surf forecast rating for spots in Panama. Find the best places to surf in offshore conditions by selecting the wind option on the forecast map. Windsurfers and kite surfers can also use this option to find more favorable cross-shore conditions in Panama. Our local Wavefinder indicates where some of the best conditions are likely to be found in Panama over the next 7 days. Surf photos from Panama and reviews of the best spots and surfing conditions have been provided by local surfers.

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Panama Wavefinder

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	Mon		Tuesday 09			Wednesday 10			Thursday 11			Friday 12			Saturday 13			Sunday 14			Mon
	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM
Best forecast wave conditions in Panama	Playa Cambutal Gulf of Panama	Playa Cambutal Gulf of Panama	Playa Cambutal Gulf of Panama	Playa Cambutal Gulf of Panama	Playa Cambutal Gulf of Panama	Palenque Colón	Cuango Colón	Playa Cambutal Gulf of Panama	Careneros Point Break Bocas del Toro	Bluff Bocas del Toro	Bluff Bocas del Toro	Cuango Colón	Playa Cambutal Gulf of Panama	Playa Cambutal Gulf of Panama	Isla Grande Colón	Cuango Colón	Cuango Colón	Cuango Colón	Cuango Colón	Playa Cambutal Gulf of Panama	Destiladeros Gulf of Panama	Bluff Bocas del Toro
Rating	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	3	2	2	2	2	2	2
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	0.8 SSW	0.9 SSW	1.0 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	1.1 NE	1.3 NE	0.8 SSW	1.4 NE	1.7 NE	1.7 ENE	1.7 NE	0.7 SSW	0.7 SSW	1.8 NE	1.7 NE	1.8 NE	1.6 NE	1.6 NE	1.1 SW	1.1 SSW	1.6 NE
Period(s) (?)	15	14	13	13	13	8	8	12	8	8	8	8	13	13	8	8	9	8	8	6	6	9
Energy(?)	403	356	384	310	312	155	216	241	262	400	374	371	254	252	413	371	528	327	327	173	199	402
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- on	cross- off	glass	glass	glass	glass	cross	cross	cross- off	cross	cross- off	cross- off	cross- on	cross- off	glass	cross	off	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- on
High Tide / height (m)	6:30PM 4.42		6:37AM 3.39		7:16PM 3.38	7:29AM 3.17		8:09PM 2.95	8:25AM 2.95		9:04PM 3.10	9:26AM 2.76		10:02PM 2.98	10:31AM 2.63		7:53PM 0.20	8:37AM 0.39		9:12PM 0.16	12:39PM 2.60
Low Tide / height (m)		12:30AM 0.42	12:55PM 0.19		1:26AM 0.60		1:47PM 0.41	2:21AM 0.68		2:40PM 0.67	3:24AM 0.88		3:36PM 0.84		4:26AM 0.95	3:24PM 0.19	1:02AM 0.12		4:40PM 0.13	12:54AM 0.13	6:23AM 0.91	6:09PM 0.01
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	risk thund- der	risk thund- der	risk thund- der	risk thund- der	rain shwrs	risk thund- der	some clouds	clear	rain shwrs	risk thund- der	risk thund- der	risk thund- der	risk thund- der	risk thund- der	risk thund- der	risk thund- der	some clouds	risk thund- der	risk thund- der	risk thund- der	risk thund- der	risk thund- der
Rain (mm)	3	4	4	3	1	2	-	-	2	11	2	5	4	4	4	4	-	2	4	5	7	6
High °C	27	25	27	26	25	27	27	25	27	25	26	27	27	25	26	27	25	27	27	25	27	26
Low °C	26	24	27	26	24	26	25	25	26	24	24	27	26	25	26	26	24	27	26	25	26	26
Chill °C (?)	27	25	27	26	25	27	27	25	27	25	26	27	27	25	26	27	25	27	27	25	27	26
Sunrise	-	-	6:22	-	-	6:22	-	-	6:33	-	-	6:22	-	-	6:24	-	-	6:24	-	-	6:24	-
Sunset	6:05	-	-	6:05	-	-	5:57	-	-	6:08	-	-	6:06	-	-	5:58	-	-	5:59	-	-	6:10
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.7 SW	0.9 SSW	1.0 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	1.1 NE	1.3 NE	0.8 SSW	1.4 NE	1.7 NE	1.7 ENE	1.7 NE	1.0 SSW	1.1 SSW	1.8 NE	1.7 NE	1.8 NE	1.6 NE	1.6 NE	0.5 SW	0.8 SSW	1.6 NE
Period (s)	12	14	13	13	13	8	8	12	8	8	8	8	6	6	8	8	9	8	8	11	6	9
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.8 SSW	0.5 SW	0.1 SW	0.2 S	0.5 SW	-	-	0.6 SSW	-	-	-	-	0.7 SSW	0.7 SSW	-	-	-	-	-	0.2 SSW	0.3 SSW	-
Period (s)	15	5	18	16	5	-	-	5	-	-	-	-	13	13	-	-	-	-	-	13	10	-
Wind waves (m) & direction	0.5 SW	-	-	0.6 SW	-	-	-	-	0.6 NW	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1.1 SW	1.1 SSW	-
Period (s)	5	-	-	6	-	-	-	-	3	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6	6	-

	Monday 08			Tuesday 09								Wednesday 10								Thursday 11
	4PM	7PM	10PM	1AM	4AM	7AM	10AM	1PM	4PM	7PM	10PM	1AM	4AM	7AM	10AM	1PM	4PM	7PM	10PM	1AM	4AM	7AM
Best forecast wave conditions in Panama	Esmeralda Gulf of Panama	Mariatos Veraguas	Playa Cambutal Gulf of Panama	Playa Cambutal Gulf of Panama	Playa Cambutal Gulf of Panama	Playa Cambutal Gulf of Panama	Playa Cambutal Gulf of Panama	Modrono Gulf of Panama	Playa Cambutal Gulf of Panama	Destiladeros Gulf of Panama	Playa Cambutal Gulf of Panama	Playa Cambutal Gulf of Panama	Playa Cambutal Gulf of Panama	Playa Cambutal Gulf of Panama	Playa Cambutal Gulf of Panama	First Beach (Wizard Beach) Bocas del Toro	Palenque Colón	Cuango Colón	Cuango Colón	Cuango Colón	Playa Cambutal Gulf of Panama	Bluff Bocas del Toro
Rating	1	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	1	2	2	2	2	2	2
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	0.3 SSE	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	1.0 SSW	1.0 SSW	1.0 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.7 S	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.9 NE	1.3 NE	1.5 NE	1.6 NE	1.7 NE	0.8 SSW	1.3 NE
Period(s) (?)	15	14	14	14	14	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	12	12	8	8	8	8	8	12	8
Energy(?)	54	343	350	356	400	397	384	212	310	214	316	312	308	262	238	112	216	291	363	401	216	227
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	glass	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	glass	glass	glass	glass	glass	glass	glass	glass	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	cross- off	cross- off
Tide State(?)	-	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	low	mid-flow
High Tide / height (m)		6:24PM 3.42				6:37AM 3.39					7:16PM 3.38				7:29AM 3.17			4:52PM 0.37
Low Tide / height (m)				12:31AM 0.44				12:53PM 0.17					1:26AM 0.60			11:36AM 0.23				12:19AM 0.06	2:23AM 0.75
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	risk thund- der	risk thund- der	clear	rain shwrs	rain shwrs	clear	risk thund- der	risk thund- der	risk thund- der	clear	some clouds	rain shwrs	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	clear	rain shwrs
Rain (mm)	1	1	-	2	2	-	1	3	2	-	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	2
Temp. °C	27	26	25	25	24	25	27	27	26	27	25	25	25	24	27	26	27	25	25	25	25	26
Chill °C (?)	27	26	25	25	24	25	27	27	26	27	25	25	25	24	27	26	27	25	25	25	25	26
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	6:22	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:22	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:33
Sunset	6:00	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:05	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:58	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.3 SSE	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	1.0 SSW	1.0 SSW	1.0 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.7 S	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.9 NE	1.3 NE	1.5 NE	1.6 NE	1.7 NE	0.8 SSW	1.3 NE
Period (s)	15	14	14	14	14	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	12	12	8	8	8	8	8	12	8
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.2 S	0.5 SW	0.5 SW	0.5 SW	0.1 SW	0.1 SW	0.1 SW	0.4 SW	0.2 S	0.3 SSW	0.5 SW	0.5 SW	0.5 SW	0.5 SW	0.4 SSW	-	-	-	-	-	0.5 SW	-
Period (s)	12	5	5	5	18	18	18	5	16	6	5	5	5	5	5	-	-	-	-	-	5	-
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	-	0.4 SW	-	-	0.6 SW	0.5 SW	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.3 WSW	-
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	-	5	-	-	6	6	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	3	-

	Monday 08										Tuesday 09
	2PM	3PM	4PM	5PM	6PM	7PM	8PM	9PM	10PM	11PM	0AM	1AM	2AM	3AM	4AM	5AM	6AM	7AM	8AM	9AM	10AM	11AM
Best forecast wave conditions in Panama	Esmeralda Gulf of Panama	Mariatos Veraguas	Playa Cambutal Gulf of Panama	Playa Cambutal Gulf of Panama	Playa Cambutal Gulf of Panama	Playa Cambutal Gulf of Panama	Playa Cambutal Gulf of Panama	Modrono Gulf of Panama	Playa Cambutal Gulf of Panama	Destiladeros Gulf of Panama	Playa Cambutal Gulf of Panama	Playa Cambutal Gulf of Panama	Playa Cambutal Gulf of Panama	Playa Cambutal Gulf of Panama	Playa Cambutal Gulf of Panama	First Beach (Wizard Beach) Bocas del Toro	Palenque Colón	Cuango Colón	Cuango Colón	Cuango Colón	Playa Cambutal Gulf of Panama	Bluff Bocas del Toro
Rating	1	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	1	2	2	2	2	2	2
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	0.3 SSE	0.7 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.7 S	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	1.0 SSW	1.0 SSW	1.0 SSW	1.0 NE	1.1 NE	1.1 NE	1.1 NE	1.1 NE	1.0 SSW	1.1 NE
Period(s) (?)	15	15	15	15	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	8	8	7	7	7	13	8
Energy(?)	59	274	403	403	355	351	351	250	350	222	341	356	411	387	400	125	143	140	118	118	384	147
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	on	on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross	cross	cross- off	cross- off	cross	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- on	glass	glass	glass	glass	cross
High Tide / height (m)						6:24PM 3.49
Low Tide / height (m)												12:31AM 0.44
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	risk thund- der	risk thund- der	risk thund- der	risk thund- der	risk thund- der	clear	clear	clear	clear	risk thund- der	risk thund- der	rain shwrs	rain shwrs	rain shwrs	rain shwrs	some clouds	risk thund- der	clear	clear	some clouds	risk thund- der	clear
Rain (mm)	1	1	1	1	1	-	-	-	-	1	1	1	1	1	1	-	1	-	-	-	1	-
High °C	27	27	27	27	26	26	26	26	25	26	25	25	24	24	24	25	25	25	25	26	27	26
Chill °C (?)	27	27	27	27	26	26	26	26	25	26	25	25	24	24	24	25	25	25	25	26	27	26
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:22	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	6:05	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	0.3 SSE	0.7 SSW	0.7 SW	0.7 SW	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.9 SSW	0.7 S	0.9 SSW	0.9 SSW	1.0 SSW	1.0 SSW	1.0 SSW	1.0 NE	1.1 NE	1.1 NE	1.1 NE	1.1 NE	1.0 SSW	1.1 NE
Period (s)	15	15	12	12	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	8	8	7	7	7	13	8
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.2 S	0.5 SW	0.8 SSW	0.8 SSW	0.1 W	0.1 W	0.1 W	0.4 SW	0.5 SW	0.3 SSW	0.5 SW	0.5 SW	0.5 SW	0.1 SW	0.1 SW	-	-	-	-	-	0.1 SW	-
Period (s)	8	5	15	15	14	14	14	5	5	5	5	5	5	18	18	-	-	-	-	-	18	-
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	0.5 SW	0.5 SW	0.6 SW	0.6 SW	0.6 SW	-	-	0.5 SW	-	-	-	0.4 SW	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	-	-	5	5	5	5	5	-	-	5	-	-	-	5	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

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